Horace allen wartman



(No Model.)

H. A. WARTMAN. FENCE POST.

No. 544,146. Patented Aug. 6, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE ALLEN WARTMAN, OF SYDENHAM, CANADA.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,146, dated August6, 1895.

I Application filed April 20, 1893. Serial No. 471,234. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 1 Be it known that I, HORACE ALLEN WART-MAN, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, re-

siding at Sydenham, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, which will enable those skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beingmade to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1- is a perspectiveview of a section of my improved fence. Fig. 2 is a detached view of twoof the post-stakes. Figs. 3 and 3 are detail views showing theconstruction for a portable fence. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of asection of the fence constructed with poles or rails, the foot-braces ofthe poles not being shown; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of thewires for securing together the upper portions of the post-stakes.

' The object of my invention is to provide an efficient fence of simpleand inexpensive construction, more especially designed for use in thosesections of country where large timber is scarce; and the inventionconsists in the novel construction and combination of parts, all ashereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

the letter A designates the posts, which are each constructed of fourstakes a a b I), set obliquely, their lower ends resting upon the groundat the four corners of a rectangle with their upper portionsintercrossed and secured by the wire 0, which is looped around each postat or near the point of intercrossing. The lower portions of the stakesnear the ground are connected. by foot-braces e, four in number, two ofsaid braces crossing each other diagonally and the other two formingstraight connections between the respective pairs of the stakes. Saidbraces are usually connected to the stakes by wiring c.

In Fig. 1 the body of the fence is shown as formed by a series ofparallel longitudinal wires, which are stapled to the stakes, the postsbeing so set that two of the stakes are brought substantially in theline of the fence, but upon opposite sides thereof, while the other twoare in a plane at right angles thereto. It will be observed also, byreference to Figs. 1 and 4, that alternate posts are placed in differentrelations 'to the fencethat is to say, each post is turned aboutonefourth around with relation to its neighbor posts, so that thefence-wires as they run from post to post are secured to stakes whichalternate from one side of the fence to the other. In this manner thestrain upon the stakes and upon the foot-braces of one post is partiallyoffset by the neighbor posts and the entire fence is bound, braced, andvery much strengthened.

Fig. 4 showsa similar construction,wherein poles or rails are usedinstead of wires.

Figs. 3 and 3 show the construction for a portable fence. The twosections shown in this figure are overlapped, the adjacent stakes beingintercrossed. The other stakes shown in Fig. 2 are then set up and thewhole wired and foot-braced.

The above-d escribed fence is entirely a sur face one, and can beconstructed with comparatively little labor and expense, utilizing oddsand ends of timber, making the fence a valuable one in localities wherethere is but little large timber.

Having thus described my invention, what I I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-= A fence comprising a series of postsformed each of four oblique stakes crossing each other at the top, andbound together thereat,

two of said stakes being substantially in the line of the fence, and twoat right angles thereto, four foot braces connecting the stakes of eachpost shortly above the ground, two of said br'aces crossing each otherdiagonally and two forming straight connection-s between the respectivepairs of stakes, and longitudinal wires or rails supported by andsecured to such posts, alternate posts being placed in differentrelations to the fence to bring corresponding stakes upon opposite sidesthereof, substantially as specified. V

Orono, April 13, 1893-.

HORACE ALLEN WARTMAN.

Witnesses WILLIAM THOMPSON, ROBERT MOMENT.

